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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years is a 1993 New York Times bestselling book that was compiled by Amy Hill Hearth and contains the oral history of Sarah "Sadie" L. Delany and A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany, two civil rights pioneers who were born in the late 19th century to a former slave. Their stories were largely unknown until The New York Times reporter Amy Hill Hearth interviewed them for a feature story in 1991, and the popular story was expanded into book form.
Published by Kodansha America in New York in September 1993, the book was on the New York Times bestseller lists for 105 weeks. In all editions combined, the book has sold more than five million copies, according to Hearth. The book went on to inspire a Broadway play in 1995 and a CBS television film in 1999.
The book has been translated into six languages. In 1995, the book was recognized as one of the "Best Books of 1994" by the American Library Association. The book was also presented with the Christopher Award for Literature and an American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Honor Award.
On September 22, 1991, an article written by Amy Hill Hearth ("Two 'Maiden Ladies' With Century-Old Stories to Tell"), was published in The New York Times, introducing the then-unknown Delany sisters to a large audience. Sarah "Sadie" L. Delany and A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany were two civil rights pioneers who were born to a former slave, and had many stories to share about their lives and experiences.
Among those who read Hearth's story was a New York book publisher who asked her to write a full-length book on the sisters. Hearth and the sisters agreed to collaborate, working closely for two years to create the book.
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years was published by Kodansha America in New York in September 1993, and was on the New York Times bestseller lists for 105 weeks. The book documented the oral history of the Delany sisters and was compiled by the same New York Times reporter that created the original article, Amy Hill Hearth.
Having Our Say presents an historically accurate, nonfiction account of the trials and tribulations the Delany sisters faced during their century of life. The book offers positive images and details of African-American (they preferred "colored") life in the 1890s.[citation needed]
The book chronicles the story of their well-lived lives with wit and wisdom. It begins with an idyllic childhood in North Carolina. The sisters had a unique and privileged upbringing. They were raised on the campus of St. Augustine's School (now St. Augustine's University) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Their father, the Rev. Henry B. Delany, was the Vice-Principal of the school. He was born into slavery, but eventually became the first African-American Episcopal Bishop elected in the United States. Their mother, Nanny Logan, was a teacher and an administrator. Her parents were a free African American woman and a white Virginia farmer.
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years is a 1993 New York Times bestselling book that was compiled by Amy Hill Hearth and contains the oral history of Sarah "Sadie" L. Delany and A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany, two civil rights pioneers who were born in the late 19th century to a former slave. Their stories were largely unknown until The New York Times reporter Amy Hill Hearth interviewed them for a feature story in 1991, and the popular story was expanded into book form.
Published by Kodansha America in New York in September 1993, the book was on the New York Times bestseller lists for 105 weeks. In all editions combined, the book has sold more than five million copies, according to Hearth. The book went on to inspire a Broadway play in 1995 and a CBS television film in 1999.
The book has been translated into six languages. In 1995, the book was recognized as one of the "Best Books of 1994" by the American Library Association. The book was also presented with the Christopher Award for Literature and an American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Honor Award.
On September 22, 1991, an article written by Amy Hill Hearth ("Two 'Maiden Ladies' With Century-Old Stories to Tell"), was published in The New York Times, introducing the then-unknown Delany sisters to a large audience. Sarah "Sadie" L. Delany and A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany were two civil rights pioneers who were born to a former slave, and had many stories to share about their lives and experiences.
Among those who read Hearth's story was a New York book publisher who asked her to write a full-length book on the sisters. Hearth and the sisters agreed to collaborate, working closely for two years to create the book.
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years was published by Kodansha America in New York in September 1993, and was on the New York Times bestseller lists for 105 weeks. The book documented the oral history of the Delany sisters and was compiled by the same New York Times reporter that created the original article, Amy Hill Hearth.
Having Our Say presents an historically accurate, nonfiction account of the trials and tribulations the Delany sisters faced during their century of life. The book offers positive images and details of African-American (they preferred "colored") life in the 1890s.[citation needed]
The book chronicles the story of their well-lived lives with wit and wisdom. It begins with an idyllic childhood in North Carolina. The sisters had a unique and privileged upbringing. They were raised on the campus of St. Augustine's School (now St. Augustine's University) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Their father, the Rev. Henry B. Delany, was the Vice-Principal of the school. He was born into slavery, but eventually became the first African-American Episcopal Bishop elected in the United States. Their mother, Nanny Logan, was a teacher and an administrator. Her parents were a free African American woman and a white Virginia farmer.